Ann Hould-Ward
Ann Hould-Ward | |
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Born | April 8, 1954 Glasgow, Montana, U.S. |
Education | University of Virginia |
Known for | Costume designer |
Awards | Tony Award for Best Costume Design Drama Desk Award |
Ann Hould-Ward (born April 8, 1954, Glasgow, Montana)[1] is an American costume designer, primarily for the theatre and dance. She has designed the costumes for 19 Broadway productions (as of February 2011). She won the 1994 Tony Award for Beauty and the Beast.
Biography
Ann Hould-Ward attended Mills College (B.A.), the University of Virginia (M.F.A.),[2] and the Art Students League.[3] After writing to Patricia Zipprodt asking for a job, she was introduced by her to Rouben Ter-Arutunian and became his assistant. She later was Zipprodt's assistant.[4]
Her first Broadway costume designs were for the musical Sunday in the Park with George (1984), in collaboration with Patricia Zipprodt,[5] for which they received a joint Tony Award nomination.[6] She designed the costumes for the Broadway musical A Catered Affair (2008),[7] for which she received the 2008 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design.[8] Her costumes for Beauty and the Beast (tour) were called "luscious, from peasant garb in the early scenes to elegant formal wear in the finale and the ornate costumes of the half-human candlesticks, clocks and teapots that share the Beast's spell."[9] In reviewing Stephen Sondheim's Road Show, the theatermania.com reviewer noted: "Still, the ensemble members definitely look smart in the outfits Ann Hould-Ward has designed to conjure the blueprints Addison ran up for his fabled Palm Beach homes."[10] Her costume designs for the revival of Sondheim's Company were called " dark, sleek costumes" by the USA Today reviewer.[11]
She has designed costumes for many regional theater companies. At the La Jolla Playhouse (California) she designed the costumes for Going To St. Ives in 2000.[12] Her costume designs for Red, Hot and Blue were used in productions at the Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut in 2000 and the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey in 2001. According to John Kenrick her "costumes hit all the right notes".[13][14] Her work at The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California, includes The Countess in 2001.[15] She designed costumes for several productions at the Arena Stage, Washington, DC, including Three Sisters (1984),[16] Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along (1990)[17] and Let Me Down Easy (2010).[18]
Her Off-Broadway work includes, at Playwrights Horizons Lobster Alice (2000), at the Public Theater Road Show (2008), and at Second Stage Theatre Let Me Down Easy, by Anna Deavere Smith (2009).[1][19][20][21] Her costumes for The Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park outdoor staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2007 were said to be "stunning, audaciously conceived Victorian costumes. Enos looks scrumptious enough to eat in her pink and white bustled dress that might easily pass muster as a wedding cake."[22] She designed the costumes for the US National tour of Dr. Dolittle (2005); Hould-Ward stated that she "drew inspiration from the horse's mouth, so to speak; she found original copies of the Hugh Lofting books that were simply illustrated by the author himself."[23]
Hould-Ward has designed costumes for dance and ballet, including the Ballet Hispanico,[24][25][26] Lar Lubovitch's The White Oak Project,[27][28] and the American Ballet Theatre.[21][29] She also designs for the opera. She designed the costumes for the Los Angeles Opera production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007), starring Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone.[30]
She designed costumes for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 2001.[31] Her career reached stratospheric heights during 2014 when she was entrusted with redesigning the outfit of America's favourite hamburger clown, Ronald McDonald. She described this as a "highlight" of her career, and few would argue this statement. Her inspired creation centred around a natty red jacket, a matching bow tie & cargo pants.[32]
Work
Stage (selected)
- The Grand Manner (2010)[36]
- A Catered Affair (2008) (2008 Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Costume Design nominee)
- Road Show (2008)[10]
- Company (2006)[11]
- Dance of the Vampires (2002)[37]
- Little Me (1998)[38]
- More to Love (1998)
- Dream (1997)[39]
- On the Waterfront (1995)
- The Molière Comedies (1995)[40]
- Beauty and the Beast (1994) (1994 Tony Award Best Costume Design winner)[41]
- Timon of Athens (1993)
- In the Summer House (1993)
- Three Men on a Horse (1993)
- Saint Joan (1993)
- Falsettos (1992)
- Into the Woods (1987 and 1997 concert) (1988 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Costume Design nominee)[42]
- Harrigan 'n Hart (1985)[43]
- Sunday in the Park with George (1984) (1984 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Costume Design nominee)[6]
Ballet, Dance and Opera
- American Ballet Theatre
- Othello (1997), Meadow (1999), The Pied Piper (2001) and Artemis (2003)[45]
- Ballet Hispanico
- Stages (1990), Guahira (1999)
- Opera
- Metropolitan Opera -Peter Grimes (Britten) (2008)[46]
- New York City Opera - The Most Happy Fella (Loesser)
- Los Angeles Opera - Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007) (Weill)[30]
- Florida Grand Opera - Regina (Blitzstein) (2002)[47][48]
- Seattle Opera - Amelia (2010)[49]
References
- ^ a b Biography and credits filmreference.com, accessed May 20, 2009
- ^ Rathbone, Emma.A Stitch in Time"The University of Virginia Magazine, Spring 2010
- ^ "Hould-Ward, Ann 1954-" Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, (highbeam.com article preview), January 1, 2008
- ^ Pecktal, pp. 99-101
- ^ "'Sunday in the Park With George' Listing, 1984" sondheimguide.com, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ a b "Tony Award nominees and winners, 1984, 'Sunday in the Park with George'" tonyawards.com, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review:Here Comes the Bride, All Wrapped in Gloom"The New York Times, April 18, 2008
- ^ "2007-2008 53rd Drama Desk Awards" dramadesk.com, accessed October 30, 2016
- ^ Clear, Marty.Review: 'Beauty and the Beast' still spellbinding tampabay.com, January 21, 2011
- ^ a b Finkle, David."Reviews: 'Road Show;" theatermania.com, November 19, 2008
- ^ a b Gardner, Elysa."Revival of 'Company' works, most of the time"USA Today, November 29, 2006
- ^ Ehren, Christine and Manus, Willard."La Jolla No Longer Going to St. Ives Oct. 15" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, October 15, 2000
- ^ "'Red, Hot and Blue', Paper Mill Playhouse - Millburn, NJ" musicals101.com, October 26, 2001
- ^ Vineburg, Steve."Hot enough; Goodspeed revives a Broadway castoff Archived December 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine worcesterphoenix.com, November 23–30, 2000
- ^ Ehren, Christine."Art Isn't Easy: Murphy's Countess Arrives at San Diego's Globe March 28-May 6" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, March 28, 2001
- ^ Gussow, Mel."Theater: 'Three Sisters' In Translation By Jarrell"The New York Times, February 19, 1984
- ^ "'Merrily We Roll Along', 1990 Arena Stage Production" sondheimguide.com, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ "'Let Me Down Easy' Listing, Arena Stage" Archived January 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine arenastage.org, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ Isherwood, Charles."Theater Review | 'Let Me Down Easy'"The New York Times, October 8, 2009
- ^ Pecktal, p. 99
- ^ a b c d "Biography, Hould-Ward" Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ Saltzman, Simon."CurtainUp Review:'A Midsummer Night's Dream'" curtainup.com, August 22, 2007
- ^ Newman, Mark A.["Article: Animal Magnetism"]Entertainment Design, October 1, 2005
- ^ Hering, Doris."Ballet Hispanico. - performances - Review - dance review ('Guajira'), Dance Magazine (findarticles.com), March 2000
- ^ Anderson, Jack."Dance Review; Cuban Country Folk With Feet Firmly on the Ground, 'Guajira'"The New York Times, (article preview), December 4, 1999
- ^ "'Ballet Hispanico' Entire Repertory" Archived January 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine ballethispanico.org (webcache.googleusercontent.com), accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ "Biography from Beauty and the Beast" disney.co.uk, accessed May 20, 2009
- ^ Lar Lubovitch Program, Performing Arts Series, January 29, 2011 Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine jccc.edu, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ Credits American Ballet Theatre, accessed May 20, 2009
- ^ a b "LA Opera News Release, 'Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'"Los Angeles Opera, February 9, 2009
- ^ Barbour, David. "Imagine That!" livedesignonline.com, July 1, 2002
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Hould-Ward Listing Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Hould-Ward Stage Credits broadwayworld.com
- ^ Hould-Ward listing Internet Off-Broadway Database
- ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review:'The Grand Manner'"The New York Times, June 28, 2010
- ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review; It Ain't Over Till the Goth Vampire Sings"The New York Times, December 10, 2002
- ^ Brantley, Ben."Theater Review:Martin Short Times Eight In 'Little Me'"The New York Times, November 13, 1998
- ^ Marks, Peter."Theater Review:A Parade of Hits 5 Decades Long"The New York Times', April 4, 1997
- ^ Canby, Vincent."Theater Review:'The Moliere Comedies'; Brain Bedford in Two Grand Farces"The New York Times, February 3, 1995
- ^ "Tony Awards, 'Beauty and the Beast', 1994" tonyawards.com, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ "'Into the Woods' Tony Award nominees and winners, 1988" tonyawards.com, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ Rich, Frank."Stage:'Harrigan 'n Hart' Opens at the Longacre"The New York Times, February 1, 1985
- ^ "Ann Hould-Ward, Costume Designer"Seattle Opera, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ "Ann Hould-Ward Credits with ABT"American Ballet Theatre, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ Hofler, Robert."'Peter Grimes'.(Opera review)"Daily Variety (article abstract from highbeam.com), March 3, 2008
- ^ Johnson, Lawrence."In Review: Miami " Opera News (highbeam.com article preview), June 1, 2002
- ^ "'Regina', Florida Gand Opera, 2002" Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine operaamerica.org, accessed February 13, 2011
- ^ "'Amelia', Seattle Opera, 2010" operaamerica.org, accessed February 13, 2011
Sources
- Pecktal, Lynn. Costume Design (1999). Back Stage Books, ISBN 0-8230-8812-X, pp. 98–109